Waiting-stand for dining-tables



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J. P. KEATING. WAITING STAND FOR DINING TABLES.

\ No. 590,679. 1 Patented Sept. 28,1897.

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J. P. KEATING. WAITING STAND FOR DINING TABLES.

Patented Sept. 28,1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. KEATING, OF NElVTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN P. KEATING, a citizen of the United States, residing in Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved lVaiting-Stand for Dining-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This is an improved revolving stand adapted to be placed upon tables in restaurants,

xo boarding-houses, &c. for the purpose of holding plates and other receptacles for containing food which is to be served to those eating at the table. By this means a much larger quantity and variety of food may be rendered r 5 accessible to those at the table'than the table itself could accommodate, and each person can readily serve himself by rotating the particular shelf on the stand which contains the article of food desired. In carrying out my invention a number of I independent horizontal circular shelves are sustained rotatively at diiferent heights by a central standard, such shelves being made of wire stretched over substantially radial arms, 2 5 whose outer ends are provided with sockets for the reception of cruets or vessels containing salt, pepper, vinegar, &c. At the top of the standard a small shelf is provided adapted to support a vase or pot of flowers or other 0 ornamental article.

The nature of the invention is fully described in detail below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view in elevation of my im- 3 5 proved waiting-stand resting upon the table. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line X, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail, in vertical section and elevation, of a portion of the device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents an ordinary table for dining purposes.

- B is a standard extending vertically from 5 a base I) and secured thereto by a screw cl,

which extends through the base from the under side and screws into the lower end of the standard, the base being recessed, as shown at b, for the purpose of receiving the head of the screw. This standard, which is rigid with the base, is provided at different heights WAITING-STAND FOR DINING-TABLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 590,579, dated September 28, 1897.

/ Application filed June 12, 1897. Serial No, 640,478. (No model.) I

with annular shoulders 13 for the purpose of sustaining flat circular serving-shelves at diderent distances above the table. These shelves are of different diameters, the largest being nearest the table and the smallest being the highest, are constructed alike except ing as to size, and are adapted to be rotated easily When'in the position illustrated. Each shelf comprises a supporting frame or spider and a wire-netting stretched over and sustained by said frame.

The frame or spider consists of a hub G, vertically counterbored, so as to rest upon the shoulder B, said hub being formed with substantially radial horizontal arms 0, whose outer ends are enlarged at C and provided with holes into which the lower portions E of cruets or vessels E may be placed. These vessels are adapted to contain salt, pepper, &c., and rest in their sockets exactly as in the sockets of a table-caster.

The wire-netting D is stretched upon the frame 0 O, is provided with suitable openin gs coincident with the sockets for the cruets and the central opening for the standard B, and is formed with a downwardly-extending circular edge or fringe D, which is preferably narrowed centrally between the outer ends of the radial supporting-arms C. This produces a light rotary shelf circular in shape and sufficiently stiff to support plates and vessels containing food. The upper end of the standard 13 is provided with a small circular shelf L, upon which a flower-pot P or other ornamental article may be placed. The difierent articles of food are placed upon these revolving shelves, and those seated at the table can easily obtain access to any article desired by reaching to the particular shelf on which it is placed and rotating it. The number of shelves and their heights from the table may be determined according to circumstances.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described improved serving or waiting stand, comprising a base; the vertical standard B provided with the annular shoulders 13; the frames or spiders each con sisting of the verticallybored hub O and Ioo the substantially radial arms 0 and the network surfaces D provided with the downwardly-extending circular edges or fringes D, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described improved serving or Waiting stand, comprising a base; the vertical standard B provided with the annular shoulders B; the frames or spiders each consisting of the vertically-bored hub O and the IO substantially radial arms 0 provided at their outer ends with holes or sockets for receiving cruets or similar vessels; and the network surfaces D stretched horizontally upon and supported by said frame or spider substantially as described.

JOHN P. KEATING.

lVitnesses:

HENRY W. \VILLIAMS, A. N. BONNEY. 

